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Egypt hosts Vaccination Week ceremony, 22 April 2013
There is an urgent need to better communicate the health benefits of vaccination and the dangers of not immunizing children.A ceremony signalling the start of the fourth regional Vaccination Week in the Eastern Mediterranean Region was held in Cairo, Egypt, on 22 April 2013, under the patronage of H.E. Dr Mohamed Mostafa Hamed, Minister of...
Campaigning for road safety awareness
Youth advocates for road safetyA road safety community awareness campaign was held in Cairo during the period 18–21 November 2012. This activity, a key component of the RS10 (Road Safety in 10 Countries) project funded by the Bloomberg Foundation, was held to mark World Remembrance Day for Victims of Road Traffic Crashes. The campaign was led by...
The launch of Egypt's road safety project
Speakers at the launch of Egypt's road safety projectEgypt is one of 10 low- and middle-income countries included in a five-year “Road safety in 10 countries” project, which aims to reduce road traffic-related injuries and deaths in the 10 participating countries. The project is funded through a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, and is being...
Media and tobacco use in Egypt
The meeting attracted participants from diverse backgrounds to discuss the role of the media in tobacco use in Egypt. Photo credit: WHO23 May 2012 – WHO and the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population held a round table discussion on media and tobacco at the Fairmont Hotel in Cairo on 20 May 2012. The discussion attracted 50 participants from...
National polio immunization campaign
24 April 2012 – This week Egypt has been celebrating two important immunization events – a national polio immunization campaign and Vaccination Week. The polio immunization campaign began on Saturday 21 April when the Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt, in collaboration with WHO and UNICEF, began to conduct a series of national...
Joint agreement for tobacco cessation
The collaboration agreement brings together the Ministry of Health and Population, WHO country office and the National Research Institute. Photo credit: WHO.2 April 2012 – A joint agreement for setting up a tobacco cessation clinic was signed on 2 April 2012 between the Ministry of Health and Population, WHO country office and the National...
